Afternoon Hits: Waivers, Injuries, IR, Recalls, Lines and Some Starting Goalies
Tim Wharnsby: The Coyotes put Rostislav Klesla on waivers. Edmonton Oilers: Ales Hemsky has gone back to Edmonton to have his ankle further examined. Yahoo Sports NHL: Steven Stamkos took the morning skate with Lightning teammates for the first time…
Morning Hits: Olympic Break, Langenbrunner, Strome, Howard and Blues Goalie Rotation
Arthur Staple: "Something to consider: NHL teams received a memo prior to season saying that a player who plays more than 15 of 20 games prior to Olympic break cannot be assigned to AHL during break. Strome move clearly made w/ eye to…
Injury Notes: Thomas, Doan, Islanders, Devils, Couture and McElhinney
George Richards: Panthers Tim Thomas left practice yesterday. Florida Panthers: The Panthers recalled Jacob Markstrom. Dieter Kurtenbach of the Sun Sentinel: Thomas will likely miss tonight's games with Scott Clemmensen getting the start if he can't go. Jerry Brown of NHL.com: Coyotes…
Afternoon Hits: Waivers, Gustafsson, McGinn, Lupul, Letang, Isles, Khudobin, Klesla and Murray
Renaud Lavoie: Clearing waivers: Bobby Robins (Bos) and Kevin Porter (Buf). Michael Russo: The Wild have recalled goalie Johan Gustafsson with Josh Harding injured. Mike Halford: The Flyers send their leading goal scorer, Tye McGinn, to the AHL. Terry Koshan:…
Injury Notes: Bergenheim, Visnovsky, Kronwall and Hall
Harvey Fialkov of the Sun-Sentinel: Sean Bergenheim has only played two games in the last 18 months. He was suppose to consult with doctors in Nashville last Monday, but he went to Toronto instead for treatment. He should be back…
PTOs: Boyes, Thomas, Gillies, White, Theodore, Kobasew, Martinek and Johnson
Andy Strickland: Brad Boyes will attend the Panthers camp on a PTO. Bob McKenzie: The Panthers have offered Tim Thomas a PTO. No decision yet. Pierre LeBrun: Thomas wants to be a No. 1 goalie and not a backup according…
Injury Notes: Powe and Strait to the IR, Martinek activated, Fowler should start skating soon, Landeskog skating
Andrew Gross via twitter: The Rangers have put Darroll Powe on the IR with a concussion. Arthur Staple via twitter: The Islanders put Brian Strait on the IR. He has a broken ankle, and recovery could be 6-8 weeks. The…
Injury notes: Horcoff, Leino, Martinek, Gunnarsson, Smith and Lombardi
Jason Gregor via twitter: Oilers Shawn Horcoff broke his knuckle and is out long-term. Mike Harrington via twitter: Sabres Ville Leino's hip is not improving and coach Lindy Ruff is worried that he may not play at all unless another…
Habs send Gomez home, buyout in summer … P.K. and Canadiens not close … Caps lines … Nonis on Leafs goaltending
David Pagnotta via twitter: The Canadiens will be releasing Scott Gomez. He'll be sent home for the season. The Canadiens will be buying his contract out this summer. Elliotte Friedman via twitter: Gomez will get a pro-rated $5.5 million this year and will…
Talks to resume Wed./Thurs … Frolunda get money for Lundqvist … Voracek injured … Bryzgalov thinks some will remain in KHL
Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Looking like talks will resume on Wednesday or Thursday, but it's not finalized yet. John Shannon via twitter: There was little or no contact between the NHL or NHLPA yesterday. NHL and NHLPA will talk today…
More players heading or rumored to be heading overseas
David Pagnotta via twitter: An IIHF representative said that transfer cards may take up to a week to be cleared. David Pagnotta via twitter: Radek Martinek could sign with Moutfield Ceske Budejovice of the Czech League soon. David Pagnotta via…
Stars could make FA splash … Nash hurt … Henrik OK … Carter may be good for playoffs … Flames UFAs … Schneider says Luongo … What was Clowe thinking?
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: The Stars may make a push for Zach Parise and/or Ryan Suter. They will have to evaluate Sheldon Souray and Radek Dvorak. Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch: Rick Nash may have played…